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State Assembly considers new pretrial detention bills
A Wisconsin Assembly committee is considering three bills that would implement new pretrial detention procedures and discourage use of cash bail.
Evers re-forms pardons board Walker dropped
Gov. Tony Evers re-created Wisconsin's pardons board on Thursday, fulfilling a campaign promise to again consider granting pardons after his Republican predecessor, Scott Walker, halted the process eight years ago.
Walker appoints long-time prosecutors to Milwaukee County bench
Gov. Scott Walker has appointed two long-time prosecutors to vacancies on the Milwaukee County Bench.
Brown County judge to lead Committee of Chief Judges
A Brown County Circuit Court judge will lead the state’s Committee of Chief Judges.
Lawmakers quibble over Milwaukee police video evidence snafu
An informational hearing Wednesday on the recent crash of the Milwaukee Police Department’s video recording system yielded few answers.
Chief judge, Walker counsel duel over block grant
Gov. Walker’s proposed Supreme Court block grant will give the court system flexibility in spending for the coming biennium, however some are concerned that the block grant still leaves the court system struggling to make ends meet.
Judge Maxine White appointed chief judge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed a replacement for outgoing Milwaukee County Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers.
Milwaukee Bar to host program on proposed changes to court system
The Milwaukee Bar Association is hosting a program to explain Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed changes to how the Wisconsin Court System will be funded.
Working lunch (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)
Members of Milwaukee’s legal community gathered recently for the Milwaukee Bar Association’s 11th annual State of the Court Luncheon.
DA won’t seek investigator in John Doe probe
Milwaukee County's top prosecutor won't ask a judge to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate his rationale for launch a probe into whether conservative groups illegally coordinated with Republican Gov. Scott Walker's campaign.
Kremers elected judges chief
The state’s Committee of Chief Judges on Monday selected Milwaukee County Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers to be its new chief.
Who’s Doing What: Judges Froehlich, Kremers earn awards from State Bar
Retired Outagamie County Circuit Court Judge Harold Froehlich received the Lifetime Jurist Achievement Award, and Milwaukee County Circuit Court Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers received the Judge of the Year Award from the State Bar of Wisconsin in November.
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- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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